how can apple samsung justify their prices ?????????

[NickFitz]

Ah, the old "Why does a Maserati cost more than a Trabant?" debate starts up again

[northernladuk]

Ah, the old "Why does a Maserati cost more than a Trabant?" debate starts up again

I remember doing a Quality Auditing course and he started off asking us why the Trabant was a quality product. We all fell about laughing until he explained it and it made sense. Quite interesting when you think of it from meeting requirements perspective.

[Unix]

Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 - Full phone specifications

just picked up one of these for £140

nearly 80k antutu score

Quality isn't cheap.

[b0redom]

custom roms are available, cyanogenmod will be soon. So updates for life.

it`s the best bang for buck phone out there

"According to IDC, in October 2014 Xiaomi was the third largest smartphone maker in the world, following Samsung and Apple Inc., and followed by Lenovo and LG. Xiaomi became the largest smartphone vendor in China in 2014, having overtaken Samsung, according to an IDC report."

I can't be arsed buggering about with custom ROMS. I want decent tools to do the job properly. Maybe if I was benched or on a really badly paying gig. Even then I'd probably prefer to spend my time doing something more interesting....

[Eirikur]

Quality isn't cheap.

No, but with Samsung and Apple it's quality 50% of the price and marketing the other 50%

[unemployed]

Quality isn't cheap.

Depends what your interpretation of quality is

[Unix]

Depends what your interpretation of quality is

Apple, Rolex, Mercedes, Waitrose....

[unemployed]

I can't be arsed buggering about with custom ROMS. I want decent tools to do the job properly. Maybe if I was benched or on a really badly paying gig. Even then I'd probably prefer to spend my time doing something more interesting....

you don`t need to , there is a worldwide xiaomi rom .

more interesting ? like posting on CUK

[fullyautomatix]

not me

Don't you have to be unemployed AND on the dole to be able to afford IPhone? Sign up asap.

[darmstadt]

I remember doing a Quality Auditing course and he started off asking us why the Trabant was a quality product. We all fell about laughing until he explained it and it made sense. Quite interesting when you think of it from meeting requirements perspective.

Not too long after the wall came down and people started coming over to the west in their Trabants and driving on the Autobahn where even the crappiest car goes twice the speed of a Trabant, there was an almighty accident near where I live involving a Mclaren and a Trabant. Only one was drive-able afterwards.... They're still pieces of tulip mind you (sorry, compressed toilet roll, normally the colour of used compressed toilet paper.)